praying mantis

English

A praying mantis

Mantis from Greek μάντις (mántis). Named "praying mantis" for their stance, with "hands" held together, resembling a person praying.

praying mantis (plural praying mantises or praying mantes)

Any of various predatory, cannibalistic insects of the order Mantodea that have a prayer-like stance.
(regional, in Europe) A mantid of the species Mantis religiosa.

any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family

Korean: 사마귀 (ko) (samagwi), 당랑 (ko) (dangnang) (螳螂 (ko))
Lao: ແມງມ້າ (mǣng mā)
Lithuanian: maldininkas m
Macedonian: богомолка f (bogomolka)
Maori: rō, whē
Navajo: Naakaii náázééł
Persian: آخوندک‎‎ (fa) (âxundak)
Polish: modliszka (pl) f
Portuguese: louva-a-deus (pt) m, cavalinho-de-deus m
Romanian: călugăriță (ro) f
Russian: богомо́л (ru) m (bogomól)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: богомољка f

Roman: bogomoljka (sh) f
Slovak: kudlanka f, kudlanka nábožná f
Slovene: bogomolka (sl) f
Spanish: mantis religiosa (es) f, rezadora (es) f, campamocha (es) f (Mexico), cerbatana (es) f (Venezuela), mamboretá f (Argentina, Uruguay), santateresa (es) f (Spain), tatadiós (es) m (Argentina), triquitesa f (Western Spain, specifically Extremadura), usamico m (Northwestern Argentina)
Swedish: bönsyrsa (sv) c
Tagalog: sambasamba, sasamba, mandadangkal
Thai: ตั๊กแตนตำข้าว (dták-gà-dtɛɛn-dtam-kâao), ตั๊กแตนต่อยมวย
Turkish: peygamberdevesi (tr), peygamber devesi (tr)
Ukrainian: богомо́л m (bohomól)

any of various predatory insects of the Mantodea order

Mantis religiosa

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